Around midnight on Sunday morning, April 14, a barrage of approximately 170 suicide drones, over 30 cruise missiles, and over 120 ballistic missiles were launched from Iranian soil and Iran’s proxies in Syria and Yemen and reached Israel between 1…
April 7 was the sixth month anniversary of the October 7 Hamas pogrom and the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas. For those who have been watching this war closely it was particularly disconcerting. It was on that…
Culture counts. It is not everything, but it is often the most important influence, whether in an organization or a corporation or a nation. I spent some time in Japan on business, and I loved the culture of precision, efficiency,…
President Biden has demanded that Israel unilaterally declare a cease-fire in the Gaza strip, threatening that he would cut off military aid to Israel if Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu doesn’t comply. And he is apparently getting his way. Israeli forces…
One of the most effective methods of manipulation is the age-old technique known as bait and switch. It’s kind of a setup. You offer something that you think the other party might want and after they accept it you then…
George Orwell fought to save language. I was blessed with a ninth-grade English teacher who assigned us not 1984 but Orwell’s essays. He aimed to make us not only good stylists, as Orwell’s instructions and example teaches crispness and clarity,…
In 1994, our family took its first international trip, going to visit family on both sides who lived in England. We were met at the airport by my wife’s older cousin, Johnny, who was a successful London architect. Much of…
When Pope Francis announced last July that he would create 21 new cardinals, longtime Vatican watcher John L. Allen Jr. immediately noted the significant number of “papabili” — possible papal candidates — on the list. Of these candidates, Allen noted…
